Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems.

You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better. JOB SUMMARY Apptronik is seeking a Robotics Test Engineer to join the Software Integration & Test (RSIT) team. In this role, you will write the automated tests that verify Apollo's software at the integration layer, partner with senior engineers on defect investigations, and help grow the regression coverage that keeps each release safer than the last.

Requirements

into verifiable tests. This is a role designed for someone who wants to grow into deep expertise in robotics test engineering, with mentorship from senior teammates and meaningful ownership of test suites from day one.

, with clear pass/fail signals that feed the release gate. Defect Investigation: Partner with senior engineers on root-cause investigations for CI failures, escaped defects, and stochastic issues, building familiarity with debugging tools (sanitizers, log analysis, MCAP playback) over time. Regression Coverage: Convert defects into permanent regression tests, ensuring every escape becomes a new automated check in the gate.

HIL Test Execution: Run and maintain test suites on hardware-in-the-loop benches, capture data, and report results into the team's dashboards and result reporting systems. Test Suite Maintenance: Keep existing test suites healthy: triage flaky tests, update fixtures as the stack evolves, and improve readability and reliability of test code.

Engagement: Read software-level

and Systems Validation plans, ask clarifying questions, and surface ambiguity or untestable language to senior teammates and Systems Engineering. Tooling Feedback: Serve as an active customer of the RSIT platform, surfacing friction in CI, dashboards, or release tooling so the Release & Integration team can improve developer experience. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with stack engineers, firmware engineers, and senior RSIT teammates to understand the systems being tested and produce verification that reflects how those systems actually behave.

Programming: Working proficiency in Python, including ability to write clean, maintainable test code and small utility scripts. Comfort reading C++ to understand the systems under test. Test Frameworks: Hands-on experience with pytest or an equivalent framework (unittest, Google Test, JUnit), including fixtures, parameterization, and test organization.

Linux Comfort: Day-to-day fluency on the Linux command line, including basic systemd, log inspection, file system navigation, and shell scripting. Version Control: Solid Git fundamentals, including branching, pull requests, and code review participation. Debugging Mindset: Demonstrated curiosity and persistence in tracking down bugs, including willingness to read code in unfamiliar parts of the stack to understand a failure.

Communication: Ability to write clear bug reports, test documentation, and pull request descriptions. Comfort asking questions and surfacing blockers early.

RESPONSIBILITIES

or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Test Authoring: Write automated integration, contract, and ICD conformance tests in pytest against software-level